After nine months in a coma, F1 driver Jules Bianchi has died. Bianchi was involved in a stupid accident in the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix. Accidents happen — that is why they are called “accidents”. The Formula 1 GPs are, by definition, test fields where almost always one learns from his/her mistakes. However, the accident that killed Bianchi was stupid because it explicitly revealed that, fo no reason whatsoever, Formula 1 seems to have abandoned the bascis of motorsport. It was raining. At a certain turn, there was another car outside the track in Suzuka. That car was being removed by a tractor-crane. The very wet track conditions required the director to impose the waving (not static) yellow flag in order to force the severe speed reduction at least two turns before the one where the tractor-crane was removing the disabled car. When a yellow flag (static or waving) is displayed on the race track, no passing is allowed — therefore, the driver must reduce the speed severely. I learned that lesson when I was required to attend a race driver’s school to start my racing activities in the United States. The SCCA, which handles the U.S. Grand Prix, was the organizer of that race driver’s school. That requirement was not complied with during the race in Suzuka — so much so that Bianchi, too, lost control of his car and let the track, hitting the tractor-crane with extreme violence. See the accident that killed Jules Bianchi below.Abandoning the basics of motorsport, for whatever reason, is not a wise thing to do and must not happen. Otherwise, we will witness the useless, stupid deaths or other drivers like Jules Bianchi. It is one think to die on the track because of a completely unforeseen situation. It is another one entirely different to die because of everyone’s stupidity and lack of attention.

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A primeira tacada foi de 9 anos e meio. Depois de tudo julgado, quantos anos de cadeia no total para o canalha Lula? // The first blow was 9 1/2 years in jail. After everything is tried, how many years in total for Lula, the s.o.b.?